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Engineering the Planet
Can we design and build our way out of climate change? Tom Heap and Helen Czerski explore the controversial field of geoengineering.
Efforts to reduce our carbon emissions are falling far short of what’s necessary to keep our temperature rise below 2 degrees centigrade. Is it time to seriously consider the other option- using technology to cool the planet? Tom Heap and Helen Czerski explore the controversial field of geoengineering.
Producer: Alasdair Cross
Rare Earth is produced in association with the Open University
On radio
Fri 5 Sep 2025
12:04
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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- Fri 5 Sep 2025 12:04ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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